Dispensing or measuring device



L. ROSENFELD.

DISPENSING 0R MEASURING DEVICE.

APPUCATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1919.

1 ,332,998. Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

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DISPENSING 0R MEASURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9. 1919.

1,332,998. Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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:Be itknown that I, LOUIS RUSENFELD; a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certaininewaand useful 1 Improvements in Dispensing or "Measuring Devices,: of which the following is a speci- This invention relates toidispensing 6r" measuring devices; and particularly to means for measuringa socalled mix for icecream-making anddelivering it from a mixing vat to the freezer can, v i 4 VAn ob'ect of this invention is to provide novel means-whereby crean and its flavoring ingredients may be drawn from a vat and measured and. thereafterdelivered to a freezing can, the said invention also ineluding means for operating the valves thereof in unison; so that the valve for controlling the pipe or conduit from the vat to the measuring receptacle'wiH be closed simultaneously with the opening of the said the vnr'easurinmdevic'e. r

A still further object ofzthis invention is valvewhich controls the discharge pipe of to produce a measuring device of the character indicated which can .be'readilv' washedv 'interiorlv and the parts of which can be removed for-displacing deposits'which may collect in the strainer suspended within the measuring receptacle 1 i 7 A still furtheriobiect of this invention 1st to produce a measuring devicehaving an;

automaticallv closing vent which will admit air during the-filling operation, but wh ch will close and prevent'the escape offiuid and which will uncheckan'd admit air when contents of themeasuring receptacle, is to be drawn off. v

With theiforegoing and other obiects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction andin the arrangement and combination of-parts-to be hereinaftermore fullyset forth and claimed. a

In describing 'fthe "invention in detail, reference :will be had to the accompanying drawings formingpart of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding partsin the several views, and: in

which y V Figure lvillustrates a sectional viewof a measuring device showing a fragmentof a i 7' j Specification of Letters Patent. l 99 2 v Application filed September 9, 1919. seri rjiib. 322,659."

[ 1 if; snmsimeeanmsvem D mn] onnection fora vat and means for delivermg fluid to a can;

sponding to the line 2- 2 of Fig. 1-; and

' Fig. 2 illustrates-sectional view corre Fig. 3 illustrates-a sectional view of the 7 device on a line corresponding with the line 3+3 of Fig. i

a In these drawings 5- denotes a or re-; cep'ta'cle to which "the mix is tobe delivered for'freezin'g, but this element is-only c011- ventionally illustrated since it; may comprise a can orv receptacle of any appropriate 1 types The funnel'6is al o conventionally shown and intact it maybe dispensed with and the discharge pipe 7 may deliver direct to thecan. These parts, however. do-

not form a part of the present invention,

and further detailed unnecessary. r I

The receptacle or niea'su'ringchamber. 8

description is believed may be of any desired configuration, bu-t is here shown assu'bstantially' round." It has an openingQ at'the bottom and the outer surface is'supplied with a face or reinforc ing plate 1.0 with athreaded, aperture 11 alining with the aperture-9 of the receptacle 8. A valve fittingis-threaded in the aperture of the plate and comprises a pipe 12 an apertured' side wallI i with a flange 15 which is internallythreaded as shown at 16. A valve operatingcrank:17-is. ro-

, e'a V lve seat-1.3 at its upper end and tatably mounted in the member '18" which 7 is secured in the aperture of the pipe .byit means 'of the ringznut' 19. ';-The member 1 8 is also supplied with a packing ring 20 a i a which rendersthe-joint between the crank and the said'member 18 ;leak:pr0o f;'

The valve 21 coacts with the valve seat 13 and a link 22 is pivotally' conn cted; to the 21 for opening and'closing it.

- The receptacle 8 hasa flange ring; 23 se cured on itstop and thesaid ring has threads 24 to engage the clamping ring 25, and the said clamping ring, has afiange 26 for a a closure 28, the saidclosure comprising an.

aperturedplate having sedge provided said valve and its lower end is connectedf tothe crank 17 so that, asthe crankf is ro-- tate'd motion is communicated to the-valve with stepped shoulders 29 and 30, a depending flange 31 which isexternally threaded and an intermediatejbeveled bearing surface '32 which rests on the beveled 'surtace 27 of the ring 23.

The closure 28 ture provided with threads 32in which a .nipple 33 is threaded, the inner'end of the said nipple being beveled to form a valve seat 34 and the outer end of said nipple cons'titutes a connection for a pipe35 wh1ch may lead from the vat or source of fluid supply.

' A valve steam or connection 36 is threaded in the valve 21 and in a valve 37, the latter of which coacts orengages the valve seat 34: when the valve 21 is unseated. The valve 21 is guided in thenip-ple33 by the'lu'gs' or wings 38 whichflareformedon the .upper end or extension of the said valve. The

valves aretherefore operated in unison, one closing when the other opens, and vice versa.

The strainer 39 has a threaded upper end as shown at 40, which engages the threads of thedepending flange of the closure, and by reason of the construction of the parts the strainer maybe removed for dislodging de osits or for other purposes. j p The flange ring 23 and the plate '10 are held in assembled relation to the receptacle 8 bv the screws 41 which are threaded in the plate 10 and extend through a ertures in the flanged ring, and :the receptaclejcover S'has a threaded aperture 42 .forthexreception of. a casing 43 ofrthe check valve 44. the said casing having ports 45 (for'the admission or escapeof air) which are. automatically closed bvthefcheck valve 44 twhen the fluid hasreacheda predetermined heirchtin the receptacle and this is accom lished bv supplying the said valvej-with an air tight c amber 46. so that'wh n theyfluid rises in V t e receptacle 'it' will lift the valve to close the said ports and as the fluid descends in the receptacle the we ht of the valve and air tight chamber will serve tocarrythe valve away from its seat;

A valve stem 47 is connected to the valve -and reciprocates in the v'alvel'casing, I and the said valve stem has a shoulder 47 which contacts the upper end of the valve casing" I ofthe. receptacle at thebottomand having an aperture alining with the'discharge op 110 and limits themovement of the valve.

carries the. strainer andcheck valve, and thereafter access-may befhad-to the valve 37 so that' it can-be removed to allow: the strainer to iree itself from the rod after may be had, sothat'the strainer and other parts which have bee 1-emoved may be has the wall o'f its aperfound to heefiicient'and satisfactory in use, as it enables the manufac'turer'of ice-cream to know the "exact amount of the mix which is'supplied to a freezing canFand the ing an opening atthe'top'and an opening which access to theinterior ofthe receptacle treated for removing deposits; or for other P pose i V Thexforegoing measuring'device has been step in the manufacture of ice-cream of transferring the fluid from a mixing vat to thefreezing can, can beexpeditiously carried out without liability oftwastepfthe material. I

Iclaim:--

i ,1. 'In a measurin'g'device, a'receptacle hav;

at thebottom, a ring secured tothe top of the receptaclearound the opening. a beveled shoulder on the innerfside'ol the said ring, a closure engaging the beveled surface of the ring. a depending annular flange on the said closure, a strainer supported by said flange, said strainer having a guide in itsfbottom, a valve stem slidablein the guide, valves 4 connected toopposite ends of the valve stem and adapted .to operate oppositely, a supply pipe extending through the closure of the top controlled one of thevalves,;and a discharge pipe'from the bottom of thereceptacle controlled by *the other "of said valves.

2. In ameasuring device, a receptacle hav-': ing an opening at;the ,topand an opening at the bottom, a ring secured to" the 'top of the receptacle around'the opening, a beveled shoulder on thefinner side ofthe' said ring, a closure engaging the beveledsurface of the ring, a depending annular flange on the said closure, a strainer supported by said flange, said strainer having a guide in its bottom, a valvestem'slidable in the guide valves' connectedto opposite ends of the valve stem and adapted to operate oppositely, a supply :pipe-extending through the closure of the top controlled by one of the valves, a discharge pipe from "the bottomof the receptacle controlled by the other of said valves, reinforcing plate'applied to the exterior ingysaid' plate'having threaded apertures, the upper ring having" apertures and bolts extending through the apertures of the ring' v andplate 'for' holding th'e'partsin assembled 

